PASSING THROUGH THEATRE

New Zealand Herald, Volume XII, Issue 4123, 30 January 1875, Page 6 (Supplement)

PASSING THROUGH THEATRE

lliV THOMAS HKAt sES.]

T*n vears of sorrow and of g ; ? Hive fle«l titic- first you rati .*Uh in*, "When mother ask ;1 you hoc e to tea : Vou stayed until 'twas l /.e, J<ick. And when you wishc \ m all " (iood night," To show you out 1 brought the light; You caupht my har.<l nd uressed it tight Whilst passing th ooph si e gate. Jack. You ame «gain, and whtn wc met ' You *aid I was your <!ar"ng pet, I You pr'wi»u<l my hair and sy«s of jet, I Ami called me " Pretty Kate," Jack. At your appro«ch, though Snap was dumb. The cute old 'possum on the gum Laughed loudly when he saw me come To greet you at the gate. Jack A month has scarcely died away, When on a bright faced summer's day, A coach and i»air (the horses gray)— My heait retains the date. Jack— Drove tip the Jane, and stopped before The luSf-liUi-h hedge that faced our door, And two Hjhi bosoms, biimming o'er With joy, p.*» d through the gate. Jack. And months of p f eAsure came and went. And each new season brought content, Tfaire? leve-gifts unto us were sent; Our happiness was great, Jack, » A manly boy. reflecting you. And J-iUy with her orbs of blue. And Kate with eyes of hazel hue— Oh, blessings on that gate, Jack. But angels svuv.-times leave their home, And o'er earth's lovely valleys roam In search of buds to deck the dome Above God's throne of state, Jack. They came into our garden fair. And gathered up our flowerets raro ; Then climbing up yon starry stair. They brought them through tne gate, Jack. The withered stalks feb 'math the sod, And sorrow bung %/er our .-hode ; borne £a*-J it was the " wiL of Cod," A \d « <hors shM 'twas " fat*," Jack. And Euau.er cjitt.c, and sj ring went by, The Wv r!«l ra jtd h'ank to jyou and I— No x:n» au.jii, ror chiidisu cry Was heard about th $Ate, Jack. But peace to us has one aiMn : We're lick-ul to them with <\ chain. Behind the sun. beyond tJ.j • i.in, Wc know ror us tlvsy wait, Ja« k. And whju *cVe run this eutiily r vt< In heaven f-«r us tlu*;-'ll k«e,, a place, Whe-.o ic l to oul, rrd face to '.»ce, Thcy' i nr. t ui at the Jack. ' A Discreet .Hint.—Matild: ,{atar-gazing) —"How 1 with 1 could catch l falling star." Young Djb'ra ii -host picture ha i been s.< *.uccessful at tl.o Ac-ulemy this ye; r) —"that's impossible, \!i.j Matilda. But -v.—might I suggest that y>.u needn't go far fcr a rising one." Mr. 11. M. c'-ailoy, in reply to a correspondent who w : thod to Unow whethor lie is of the same opinion a» the late Dr. Livingstons respecting ihe nsc of spirituous liquors by travellers, rc-.sth ifc a man who needs the; Support of s ft. l : ',uorß is unfit to travel in; A fn«, and tlit % drunkard cannot stand a I